why has ps changed it option syntax,or "where oh where has my - gone"

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Subject: why has ps changed it option syntax,or "where oh where has my - gone"
From: Shaleh <shaleh@livenet.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 01:57:20 -0400
Message-id: <[🔎] 35417B40.FAA24199@livenet.net>

Why is ps -ax considered "deprecated".  Using a hyphen in a command is
accepted and standard practice.  Last I checked it is also POSIX as well
as w/o.  tar -zxvf and tar zxvf are the same and should be ok.  Why is
ps different?


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